Deck 2: Defining Family Policy: An Identity of Its Own

Question 1

A functional definition of family is more useful to policymakers than a structural definition.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Differentiate between structural and functional definitions of families.

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

What is the difference between the goals of lobbyists and the goals of those who promote the family impact lens?

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

How did the Defense of Marriage Act originally define marriage? Is this the way the Act defines marriage today?

Question 5

Name five explicit functions of families that meet the end goal of family policy.

Question 6

Name three implicit family functions that policymakers should consider when analyzing social policy.

Question 7

Which eligibility criterion has replaced the outdated "first-come, first-served" eligibility requirements for immigration to the U.S.?

Question 8

Give an example of shadow bureaucracy or shadow government.

Question 9

Explain Bogenschneider's distinction between family policy and family law.

Question 10

Bogenschneider suggests that the term "fragile families" should replace which family demographic term?

Question 11

Bogenschneider recommends which two types of definitions of family, unique to each policy?

Question 12

What does it mean that families act as a "shadow government?" Give three examples. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this shadow government for families?

Question 13

How is family policy both an end goal and a means to other policy goals? Give examples of each.

Question 14

Is a single definition of family needed to move family policymaking forward? Why or why not?

Question 15

One challenge that policymakers face is the difficulty in justifying or proving the benefits of many political issues for families.

Question 16

Family policy is easily defined and a universally agreed upon concept.

Question 17

Because of the high percentage of parents behind bars, policies on prisoner reentry are relevant to families when viewed through the family impact lens.

Question 18

As acknowledged by the family impact lens, families can be used by policymakers to indirectly promote nonfamily policies.

Question 19

In the interest of reunifying families, immigration policies allow spouses a reduced wait time to apply for citizenship to the U.S.

Question 20

Considering the family impact lens, family-centered practices define which policies or programs will be enacted or established.

Question 21

The family impact lens considers families from birth of children to the empty nest phase and emphasizes a narrow, singular view of family problems and solutions.

Question 22

Family policy is an umbrella term that encompasses individual policies for children, women, and seniors.

Question 23

The courts have a universally agreed upon definition of family unbound by culture, gender, or age, through which they filter case facts.

Question 24

What qualities can family policy and the family impact lens bring to policymaking?